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VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
Mr. Thomas Jackson . . 
— Robert Laing. . . 
— Peter Moir 
— Michael F. Healey . . 
— George Lewis. 
— Neill McKechnie Barron 
Portadown, Armagh. 
Carron 
Edinburgh. 
Clare Castle. 
Monmouth. 
Old Deer, Aberdeen. 
Veterinary Jurisprudence. 
COURT OF QUEEN’S BENCH. 
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice Wightman and a 
Common Jury.) 
BAKER V. STRONG. 
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, an old lady, occupying a 
farm at Adderly Common, against the defendant. Captain Strong, to 
recover damages for having emptied dirty water from his grounds on to 
the plaintiff's farm, whereby she had sustained considerable loss. The 
defendant pleaded not guilty. 
Mr. Montague Chambers, Q. C., and Mr. Prentice, were council for 
the plaintiff. Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., and Mr. Philbeck for the defen¬ 
dant. 
It appeared from the evidence of the plaintiff, that during the month 
of November last the defendant was desirous of emptying a stagnant 
pool of water in a field adjoining his house, and for that purpose he dug 
a trench from it, to a pond on the plaintiff’s farm from which the cattle 
used to drink. The plaintiff alleged that she had lost, cattle to the value 
of £100, through their having drunk the filthy water. 
The defence was, that the allegation on the part of the plaintiff that 
the water was filthy or stagnant was false, and that the cattle died from 
the lung complaint, and not from drinking the water. 
The jury ultimately returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £80. 
PONTEFRACT COUNTY COURT.— April 23. 
(Before T. H. Marshall, Esq , Judge.) 
EARNSHAW V. BARSTOW. 
This was the only important case for trial at this court, for whicli 
a jury had been empanneled. The plaintiff lives at Hemsworth, and 
the defendant was, at the time of the transaction, a clergyman residing 
at Rawclitf. The action was brought to recover the sum of £35 8$. 1 d. 
part purchase money of a horse sold by the Rev, M. W. Barstow, to 
Mr. Earnshaw. 
